OT: CD-R's

Art Wagner awagner@uswest.net
Mon, 05 Jun 2000 20:49:43 -0700


Digital Wokan wrote:
Digi;
Where else but a Linux UG?
I have a HP 8250i CD-RW and it handles 700MB/80min CDR's just
fine under Linux. I don't know if older drives do as well but my
experience says "Give er a go Yank".
I did get Mandrake-7.1beta3.iso to go at 662,410KBytes on a 800MB 
blank. No errors during burn.
Art Wagner
> 
> I know this is something of an abuse of PLUG, but where else would I
> turn for technical knowledge?  :)
> I keep seeing 80min/700MB CD-R media in stores.  To the best of my
> knowledge, my 2x burner only handles up to 650MB/74min.  Can anyone give
> me the lowdown on the new upper limits?  Does it require a newer CD-R
> drive or just newer software?
> And just to put this a little on topic... Would a Linux Mandrake .iso
> image file burn to one properly?
> --
> Digital Wokan
> Tribal mage of the electronics age
> Guerilla Linux Warrior
> 
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